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Join WonderRoot as we welcome Alex Trachtenberg of Living Transit Fund to our Activist Screen Print Studio at Ponce City Market for a discussion surrounding housing justice and sustainability efforts in Atlanta. Housing, access to it or lack of it has been on everyone's mind lately, and we are excited to be a part of that conversation. Guests are invited to come by the studio early and make some free screen prints around these issues.

This discussion is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. WonderRoot's Activist Screen Print Studio is located on the second floor of Ponce City Market, adjacent to Citizen Supply.

About our featured speaker Alex Trachtenberg:

Alex provides project management and deliverables support for the Community Sustainability Services and Policy Teams at Southface. He leads and supervises research, community engagement, data analysis and evaluation, policy advocacy and composes reports. Recently, Alex managed the Impact of Green Affordable Housing research project and currently manages Energy Efficiency for All in Georgia for Southface. He is the current chair of the TransFormation Alliance Policy Committee, advocating for equitable Transit-Oriented Development in metro Atlanta. He frequently works with partners such as the Atlanta Regional Commission, City of Atlanta, Enterprise Community Partners, Georgia Power, MARTA, Partnership for Southern Equity and others on opportunities for sustainable development and clean energy policy.

About our partner Living Transit Fund:

The TransFormation Alliance has formed the Living Transit Fund (LTF) due to the looming potential for displacement of working and vulnerable city residents and communities as a result of infrastructure development. These vulnerable communities that voted to approve the Transit Sales Tax Referendum deserve a return on their investment. LTF pursuits should include increased capital to support MARTA and the Atlanta BeltLine, ETOD and affordable housing, keeping residents and communities in place rather than displacing them. This will equitably strengthen metro Atlanta’s economy by increasing transit accessibility to both job and housing options, and position Atlanta to be highly competitive in pursuing federal funding for transit expansion. It will make our region more attractive to business and development interests and allow our city to be as “world-class” as we want it to be.